2014-02-05

"A weathered, mysteriously adorned
block of sonic timber, soaked in watery reverb and awash in sinewy skeins of damaged tape".

Track from "Island Records" by Ernest Gibson. Released 11/22.

SUT91 Skrot Up 2013


Ernest Gibson // When You Get There

Order: http://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-046-deathday-no-future-12-ep-legowelt-remix

MNQ 046 DEATHDAY - NO FUTURE 12'' EP
12’’ EP on black vinyl - Limited edition of 300 copies

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Deathday (formerly Deathday Party) is a Los Angeles based Experimental Post-punk band, formed in Santa Ana, California in 2008 by brothers Alex Guillén and Giovanni Guillén. Previous incarnations of the group can be traced back to Santa Ana's Koo's scene of the late 1990's. While the title-track is an unreleased one, instead "Dropped Into Obscurity" was already included in the Downwards compilation "Click Heels" alongside with Tropic Of Cancer, Silent Servant, The KVB. On the B side Mannequin asked to the synth-master Legowelt to remix After Dark". 

Seldom has the post-punk revival seemed as urgent as with Deathday, who match their guitar driven dirges with esoteric industrial soundscapes and tape manipulation. Their music is often as bleak as it is violent, with low end cacophony bludgeoning the listener into submission. Lyrically, Deathday often invoke the violent culture hidden beneath the media, as well as explore the crippling aftershocks of isolation and the mysticism of the occult.

Comparisons, for those who prefer them, could easily be made to the likes of Throbbing Gristle and Suicide’s uncompromising attitude and primal infrastructure, but the band has equal roots in forgotten post-punk favorites such as Nagamatzu, Venus In Furs, and Joy of Life, creating a powerful hybrid exploring the darkest and most hypnotic corners of the spectrum.

Known as Deathday Party until 2011, the band’s self-titled cassette, released in early 2012, exists as a cold snapshot of their formative material, while both “After Dark” and “Dropped Into Obscurity,” released on Mannequin’s The End of Civilaztion and Downward’s So Click Heels compilations respectively, offer a club-friendly alternative. While neither track compromises the band’s dark overtones, these tracks are ripe for the dance floor, having garnered heavy play in LA, New York, and Berlin especially. With a handful of releases on the horizon for 2013, including a split with Bestial Mouths, a vinyl reissue of their self-titled debut, and new material to follow, the future is looking uncharacteristically bright for Deathday.

In March of 2006 the brothers Guillén participated in Glenn Branca’s “Symphony #13 (Hallucination City)” for 100 guitars in Los Angeles.

Strongly recommended to fans of The Soft Moon, The KVB, Legowelt, Tropic Of Cancer, Silent Servant.

Deathday - No Future

Editions Mego reissue the 2001 release Asuma by Finnish artist Ilpo Väisänen. Originally released on CD this is the first ever vinyl issue, remastered by Rashad Becker. 2001 is a landmark year for the artist following a wave of success from the notable outfit Väisänen formed alongside Mika Vanio, Pan Sonic (as they were now known then). Following a string of highly acclaimed and influential releases such as “Vakio”, “Kulma”, “A’ and “Aaltopiiri” Pan Sonic had toured the globe extensively leaving a trail of blown expectations and rumours of all manner of objects in venues cracking or falling apart due to the immense sound the duo concocted with their unique instruments.

Taking a break from the ecstatic cacophony of Pan Sonic, Väisänen retreated to work on a solo release which conjured the spirits of the former outfit whilst simultaneously carving out a more personal take on these new electronic forms.

Asuma is a precise study of drones, rhythms, clicks, ambience and gentle confusion. Whilst inhabiting a zone of abstraction the results also move in a natural field as Väisänen’s native Finland permeates these recordings as much as the idea of experimentation itself.

Autioitu 1 opens the album as delicate pinball rhythms bounce across the spectrum as a hairy drone hovers underneath. The mood is both intriguing and unsettling. Tukahduttaja is a delightfully disorientating sound sculpture that is hard to pinpoint what it actually is. Klikki is comparable to a microscopic version of Pink Floyd’s “Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict”. Asumaton is a foreboding miniature acting like a segway to Vallitseva which embraces the icy clicks that punctuates much of the Pan Sonic output. Arvioimaton Ongelma is an audio riddle whilst Jaettu jitters around a dancefloor crawl. Autioitu closes proceedings as a gentle ambient thumper. Asuma is awash with contradiction and mystery. This is time wrapped in twisted turns and rewards a neat payoff for those interested in the absolute fringes of electronic ‘dance’ music.

Ilpo Väisänen 'Autioitu 1 [2025 Remaster]' (EMEGO037)

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Oratio #9 w/ Itako - Rec @ Karmen Camina 220325 Part1

https://soundcloud.com/itako at https://soundcloud.com/karmen-camina for @ethosrecords

www.retreatradio.net/oratio

Listen 24/7 at www.retreatradio.net

Oratio #9 w/ Itako @ Karmen Camina on March 22 2025, Part 1 (07/05/25)

https://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-155-bourbonese-qualk-my-government-is-my-soul-lp

Mannequin Records proudly reissues "My Government Is My Soul", a searing 1989 statement from Bourbonese Qualk, one of the UK’s most defiant and politically engaged experimental acts. Originally released on the group’s own label, this LP captures the uncompromising spirit of a band deeply embedded in the resistance movements of 1980s Britain.

Recorded during a turbulent period of social unrest, "My Government Is My Soul" stands as a fierce response to authoritarianism, surveillance, and the neoliberal decay that defined the Thatcher era. Bourbonese Qualk fused industrial rhythms, minimal synth, distorted tape loops, and spoken-word polemics into a sound that was both confrontational and deeply physical—a weaponized form of music rooted in activism and direct action.

Widely regarded by fans as one of the band’s strongest works, "My Government Is My Soul" has earned a near-mythic status in underground circles. Fans have praised the album’s stylistic breadth—“sometimes it kisses the hem of rock, at others it bows towards the likes of Steve Reich & Philip Glass".

This reissue, fully remastered by Rude 66, reintroduces a critical work of post-industrial dissent to a new generation. Still as urgent and unflinching as ever, the album resonates with today’s climate of mass disinformation and systemic control. It is a timely reminder that sound can still be a form of resistance.

The digital edition includes five bonus tracks that were previously available only on the original CD version, now made accessible in digital format exclusively for Bandcamp. 
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release date: June 16, 2025

Bourbonese Qualk - Ton Ton Macoute

Recorded in Berlin / Event Liquid Channel (Breakfast Club) / Place Giri / Day 21 06 25

for bike lovers only

Liquid Channel - huːliɔː nʌdʌ - dj

The Way Of Time takes loose inspiration from Elizabeth Madox Roberts’ novel The Time Of Man, sampling Joan Lorring’s voice from the 1951 radio play adaptation of the novel.
Biosphere’s signature ambient loops, soothing arctic synths and melodies combine with Lorring’s sweet, wistful and deep-south wonderings to create a record that is both deeply human and searching.

https://ad93.lnk.to/TheWayOfTime

released June 20, 2025 via AD 93

Artwork and design by Lucas Dupuy and Pavel Milyakov
Vinyl mastering by Stefan Betke

Biosphere - The Way Of Time

A special show from Malta Corrosiva, a dive into psychedelic soundscapes


ReWired Soundfields

Andriy K. - spotted

https://soundcloud.com/producedbyflaty

Flaty «A Baleful D.R.E.A.M.» [PROTO—08]
60-min grind of raw black synths, AI-shredded ballads, pagan hiss & crunch of trees. 

mixed & edit — Flaty
artwork — Kaymeera
shout out to MorganRPG

PROTOMETAL 2025

vol.8_Flaty «A Baleful D.R.E.A.M.»

Pre-order now on Markham Road Records : https://markhamroad.bandcamp.com/album/drums-dont-burn-mr009

To be released on 1 October 2025.

@markhamroad

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Subsism - Radiant Recess (Out now on Markham Road Records)



VON HAZE "Mother Mountain" available on iTunes, purchase here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/kar-dee-akk-ake/id1018648717

www.vonhaze.com



MOTHER MOUNTAIN

Carved Head by VON HAZE

No demos

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